The European Union’s attempts to seize ever-greater powers risk torpedoing the
continent’s prosperity and alienating its people, the Government’s chief
legal adviser has warned.

In a surprise denunciation of interference from Brussels, Dominic Grieve, one
of the most Europhile members of the Cabinet, said he would not hesitate to
take legal action against European institutions overstepping the mark.

The Attorney-General said that he had been “astonished” at how EU institutions
had attempted “to reduce the freedom of action of sovereign member states”.
He also accused the European Commission of “arrogance or aloofness” for
pushing through significant pay rises for its